Main Point #1: Collaborative learning engages students in the construction of shared meaning helps advance the learning of disciplinary knowledge and understanding.
Supporting details:
The aim is to build communal knowledge through conversation
Interdependence is highlighted, little emphasis on group rewards to ensure cooperation
Main point # 2: Technologies increase opportunities for conversation
Supporting Details:
Experience indicates that students who do not typically participate in classroom conversations will participate in a computer based conversation
Conversations can take place in the context of digital artifacts
Conversations can be stored, reflected on and reacted to which creates a common knowledge base
Conclusion:
Peer learning can be a powerful tool, but it is not perfect.
Results can be positive when close attention is paid to norms, tasks, mix of participants, and their skills and methods to ensure accountability.
How do people learn in groups?
Main Point #1: Collaborative learning engages students in the construction of shared meaning helps advance the learning of disciplinary knowledge and understanding.Main point # 2: Technologies increase opportunities for conversation
- Supporting Details:
- Experience indicates that students who do not typically participate in classroom conversations will participate in a computer based conversation
- Conversations can take place in the context of digital artifacts
- Conversations can be stored, reflected on and reacted to which creates a common knowledge base
Conclusion: